4/12/2018 Time: 04:00-06:00pm Location: United Nations headquarters in Conference Room 11 Ahead of the Counter-Terrorism Committee review of the principles on foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs), its Executive Directorate (CTED) together with the Permanent Mission of Qatar to the United Nations will organize a briefing related to this review. “Perspectives of CTED’s Global Research Network (GRN) [...]

On 30 November 2018, CTED and the New York University (NYU) School of Professional Studies for Global Affairs organized a multi-stakeholder roundtable discussion on “Engagement with the private sector in promoting the use of technology for counter-terrorism purposes.” Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of CTED Michèle Coninsx speaking at the event. In her [...]

On 8 October 2018, the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) held an open briefing focused on “The nexus between international terrorism and transnational organized crime.” Organized in cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), the aims of the [...]

The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) today issued its latest Trends Report.1 Titled “The Challenge of Returning and Relocating Foreign Terrorist Fighters: Research Perspectives,” the report outlines a number of issues United Nations Member States are facing related to foreign terrorist fighters. The current wave of foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) shows clear differences compared to [...]

In an effort to enhance its analytical capacity and its engagement with the research community, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) in February 2015 launched the Global Counter-Terrorism Research Network. The network currently consists of over 100 leading think tanks and research institutions from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, and Oceania. [...]

The UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) will be holding its second open meeting with Global Research Network (GRN) partners on the latest trends in terrorism and counter-terrorism at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, on 16 November 2017, at 3.00 p.m., in Conference room 4. The open meeting, which will include a panel [...]

In a dedicated debate, the Security Council on 13 February 2017 called upon Member States to address the risk of terrorist attacks against critical infrastructure. Through its resolution 2341, adopted on the same date, the Council directs its Counter-Terrorism Committee, with the support of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), to examine Member States’ [...]